The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.